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Night Vocabulary 3
Vocabulary from Noval night
Term | Definition |
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1. bestial: | Like a beast, cruel and savage |
2. harangued : | scolded , especially in a noisy and bullying way |
3. compulsory : | required, that which must be done |
4. implored | begged, pleaded sincerely |
5. interminable: | endless or seeming to be endless |
6. inconsiderable: | unimportant, small |
7. dysentery | intestinal inflammation causing abdominal pain and severe diarrhea; often fatal if left untreated in the very young or old; or in those who are weakened by hunger or other disease |
8. annihilate: | destroyed completely; exterminate |
9. summarily | promptly and without formality |
10. knell | the sound of a bell, especially of a bell rung slowly at a funeral; often used metaphorically to mean a bad omen |
11. indeterminate | indefinite vague, subtle |
12. stupefied ; | stunned, amazed |
13. apathy | lack of interest or emotion, indifference |
14. vigilance | : the state of watchfulness, alertness, especially to danger |
15. inert | : motionless; lacking the ability to move or act |
16. premonition | a feeling that something is about to happen ,especially something bad |
17. unremittingly | constantly without interruption |
18. appeasing | satisfying ; relieveing |